Says a lot about Wallace’s intellectual acumen that he had to look up the word “grandiose.” I don’t think I personally know anyone above the age of five who doesn’t know (or, can’t quickly figure out) the meaning of grandiose.
Lucky for Chris that daddy got him a job.
Not necessarily. He may have an understanding of the word, but looked it up for support, or to see in how many ways it could be used. My guess, he wanted ammunition to use against Newt, and went to the dictionary for help.
For the most part I like Chris but I think this is all a matter of payback to Newt for “jobbing” him on one of those earlier debates.